For Mothers Day
My mother Lena Hayes died in May 2002. As for so many others, this Mothering Sunday is a poignant one, especially as we have a lot of time on our own today. So I’m sharing this in the hope that […]
The road between schools
It’s a short piece of road full of pictures. I can’t travel it without recalling the masterly strokes of the school on my boyhood imagination. The road winds its way from the village to the rock where the holy year […]
Ode to a mother
I’m backing across the threshold of New Year Heart restless and empty with fear Your prayer filled blessings are echoing still In my ear, on the phone, be it God’s will. You’re here often and at quare times; Crossing eternity’s […]
Lonely woulds
You spent hard days in that place, A house with two driveways and no exit. Our minds bound by bandages and buckles Reaching for an easy way of forgetting. Our hearts melted quicker than the ice cream, As we spoon-fed […]